Posted By John Henderson On August 20, 2012 @ 6:26 pm In Cycling | No Comments

TELLURDIE — Tyler Farrar of Team Garmin-Sharp wasn’t planning on racing in the USA Pro Challenge. He didn’t last year. The Wenatchee, Wash., native is based in Gent, Belgium, is fluent in Dutch and prefers the flatter races in Western Europe.

What do you know? He comes to the Rocky Mountains and wins the first stage Monday.

“This race wasn’t on my program at the start of the year,” he said “Just during the Tour (de France), I had a sitdown with (director of competition) Allan Peiper and we were just talking about the race program at the end of the season. He just threw it out there: ‘Do you want to do Utah and Colorado? They’re not really races for you but it might be fun.'”
It’s pronounced FAIR-aw, as in Fawcett

Tyler Farrar is one of the world’s top sprinters but no one but race announcers can pronounce his name. It’s not FAIR-er. It’s not faw-RAH. It’s pronounced FAIR-aw as in Farrah Fawcett.